The lorry tore through a small garden wall and crashed into the corner of her house on Park Street near Jesus Green in Cambridge.

Ms Placido, who is a solicitor, has now said that another lorry damaged her house during the night time roadworks on the A14 last week.

She added that yet another lorry got stuck in Thompson Lane while the lorry that hit her house was also involved in an accident with a taxi.

Lorry causes damage to property in Park Parade and surrounding streets. Severe damage to the home and garden of Barbara Placido.

"Matters have got worse," she said. "Due to the recent closure of the A14, we have had lorries getting stuck two nights running.

"Last night, a lorry hit a taxi on Bridge Street turning in Thompson Lane, then got stuck at the corner of La Mimosa, after having caused further damage to our house.

"The previous night another lorry got stuck in Thompson Lane.

"We managed to stop it before he attempted to turn the corner into Park Parade and he had to reverse all the way, smashing most of the rubbish bins on the pavement.

"We're not being protected on our streets. It is really disheartening."

Highways England announced that the A428 eastbound Madingley to A14 eastbound junction 24 would be closed for four nights from Monday (November 26) to Thursday (November 30) - with two diversion routes in place.

One for motorway traffic that directs drivers around Cambridge and another for non-motorway traffic that goes through the city.

Ms Placido claimed, however, as have many people since the A14 started closing at night time, that the signs have been misleading.

Lorry causes damage to property in Park Parade and surrounding streets. Severe damage to the home and garden of Barbara Placido in October. Shown outside the property are, front, Barbara and Jamie Clements, 10, with back, from left, Kenneth Bailey, Emma Thorley and Damien Clements.

She said: "The difficulty has been the closure of the A14 and of Victoria Road and the misleading road signs directing the traffic down to Huntingdon Road and Bridge Street.

"All made worse by a sign at the intersection between Bridge Street and Thompson Lane directing 'all traffic' towards Park Parade, which is a dead end."

"The lorry drivers have repeatedly told us that they simply got lost.

"The signs are so misleading.

"It is worrying that we have repeatedly found ourselves, over the last few months, having to confront lorry drivers who won't listen to reason when told that there is no way out.

"There have been lorries stuck outside Park Street School, at night but also during school hours.

"Some of the drivers are approachable, and they do their best to extricate themselves from a difficult situation.

"Some are aggressive and unpleasant.

"Others simply fail to stop, having caused the damage."

Since Ms Placido's house was damaged by lorries, the council has put traffic cones by the bend where her house was damaged.

Traffic cones have been placed outside Ms Placido's house

Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge, has also demanded improvement from Highways England and Cambridgeshire County Council after a "significant rise" in the number of people complaining from houses in Huntingdon and Victoria Road in Cambridge.

Highways England made routes of the diversion public, but previous road closures have seen HGVs following the shorter route through Cambridge - which is having major impacts for local residents.

He previously said: "The disruption being caused by HGVs following the wrong diversions during the late night road closures continues to be a serious issue for many of my constituents.

"In the last few weeks alone, I have seen a significant rise in the number of people coming to me living on Huntingdon and Victoria Road complaining of sleepless nights.

"The extent of the disruption led to one resident contacting me at 4am."

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What have the authorities said they were doing?

Highways England has previously said: "We are in touch with haulage groups to help their drivers understand the importance of using the signed diversion routes which avoid Cambridge and minimise the impact on residents.

"We publicise all road closures and diversions well in advance using signs on the roads, the Traffic England website and by working with traffic news providers like local radio.

"We are also working with the local authorities to use all available information channels to make sure drivers have accurate, up-to-date information about safe diversions.

"We will keep in touch with local residents and will do everything we can to minimise the impact on their communities while we complete this vital A14 upgrade."

A Cambridgeshire County Council spokeswoman previously said: "We’re aware of the concerns by local residents about lorries not following the official diversion routes to avoid the A14 major upgrade project.

"We have been working with Highways England and the police to assist with any actions to try and tackle this."

What have police said about the accident last week?

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said: "We were called at about 3.50am on Friday (30 November) to reports of a collision involving a lorry and a taxi in Bridge Street, Cambridge.